Read The 2025 East Kootenay Program Season Report

The East Kootenay Youth Climate Corps is delivered in partnership with Wildsight, an environmental organization that has been working in the Columbia Basin for nearly 40 years to support sustainable communities and protect biodiversity.

This year’s East Kootenay crew consisted of five technicians - 1 returning crew lead, 1 returning alumna, and 3 new team members, plus a 6th individual who worked exclusively in food recovery with one of our core partners - and was focused on fostering existing and building new local partnerships with organizations and individuals committed to climate action, primarily in the environmental field.

This year’s crew spent a significant amount of their time contributing to projects in the region to enhance the impact of initiatives led by various organizations. Many of the organizations we partner with often lack funding for labour to complete projects to their full potential. The benefit was two-fold as they helped these projects succeed while crew members gained many skills and networking opportunities. A tenet of this year’s work is that climate resiliency needs a supportive community, a dynamic that this year’s work really leaned into.

East Kootenay Season Report - 2025.pdf

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You can download the report above or read the report at this link.